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…Changing the way a clip looks, whether it…be in regards to its general color structure…or superimposing new elements all together, is often…a desirable and essential aspect of video editing.…Let's take a look at how to do that in Final Cut Pro 10.…Alright, I'm going to go into 9.4 in my video effects sequence.…And let's go ahead and open up the Effects…browser that is right here and again the categories are…listed along the left and the effects within those categories along the right.…

Notice that there are both video, and audio effects.…And in this movie we're going to be talking about video effects.…So I'm going to just click on one of my clips.…And if I come back over to the Effects…browser, I can hover over one of the effects,…you can see in the viewer how it will…look once the effect is applied to the specific clip.…What…I want to do this one actually, is make it look like it's raining.…So I'm going to, just type in, I know there's a rain effect.…And, here we go, rain.…

So I can do a couple of things, so this is…

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3/3/2014

Learn how to build and refine your story with the redesigned editing toolset in Final Cut Pro X. In this course, author Ashley Kennedy focuses on getting you comfortable with each aspect of the editing process in Final Cut—from preparation and organization, to editing and refining, to audio and effects, to media management and exporting. Each stage of the postproduction workflow is explained thoroughly and concisely, and uses real-world examples from both narrative and documentary workflows.

This lynda.com course and its exercise files are only compatible with Final Cut Pro X v10.1 or later. If you are running a prior version of Final Cut Pro X please upgrade your software to v10.1, or, if you chose not to upgrade, use the pre-v10.1 Final Cut Pro X Essentials course that's still available in the lynda.com library.